Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2002

The Salvador Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2002 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2002") started on August 3, 2002.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador

Champions	C.D. FAS (13th title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	TBD (12)
← Clausura 2002 Clausura 2003 →

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2002 season was composed of the following clubs:

• C.D. FAS
• C.D. Municipal Limeño
• San Salvador F.C.
• C.D. Águila
• C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
• A.D. Isidro Metapán
• C.D. Atlético Balboa
• Alianza F.C.
• Arcense
• C.D. Dragón

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
Alianza	Ricardo Padilla Pinto	German Guiterrez	TBD	TBD
Atletico Balboa	TBD	Juan Quarterone	TBD	TBD
C.D. Arcense	TBD	Ricardo Guardado	TBD	TBD
C.D. Dragon	TBD	Antonio Carlos Viera	TBD	TBD
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Agustín Castillo	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Milos Mijanic	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapan	José Gumercindo Landaverde	Roberto Fabrizio	TBD	TBD
Municipal Limeno	TBD	Henry Vanegas	TBD	TBD
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Ruben Alonso	TBD	TBD

Notable Events

Notable death during the Apertura 2002 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2002 and end of 2002.

• Billy Rodriguez Bou 13.10.2002 (ex FAS, and Excélsior FC)

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Aguila	Rubén Guevara	Resigned	June 2002	Hugo Coria	June 2002
Municipal Limeño	Óscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	May 2002	Henry Vanegas	June 2002
Alianza F.C.	Juan Ramon Paredes	TBD	June 2002	German Guiterrez	July 2002
Firpo	Abraham Vasquez	TBD	June 2002	Miloš Miljanić	July 2002

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alianza F.C.	German Guiterrez	TBD	September 2002	Julio Escobar	September 2002
C.D. Dragon	Antonio Carlos Viera	TBD	September 2002	Jose Mario Martinez	September 2002
Isidro Metapan	Roberto Fabrizio	TBD	September 2002	Edwin Portillo	October 2002

Apertura 2002 Standings

Last updated August 3, 2002

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C.D. FAS	18	10	5	3	24	20	+4	35	Qualified for semifinals
2	Municipal Limeño	18	9	4	5	33	19	+14	31
3	San Salvador F.C.	18	7	7	4	28	21	+7	28
4	C.D. Águila	18	6	9	3	26	20	+6	27	4th place playoff
5	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	7	6	5	23	24	−1	27
6	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	5	6	7	22	24	−2	21
7	C.D. Arcense	18	5	6	7	15	17	−2	21
8	C.D. Atlético Balboa	18	4	5	9	21	31	−10	17
9	Alianza F.C.	18	3	7	8	17	22	−5	16
10	C.D. Dragón	18	3	7	8	20	31	−11	16

Source:^{[citation needed]}

4th place playoff

December 8, 2002

C.D. Águila	1-3	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Semifinals 1st leg

December 12, 2002

San Salvador F.C.	4-3	Municipal Limeño

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December 12, 2002

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	0-2	C.D. FAS

Semifinals 2nd leg

December 9, 2006

Municipal Limeño	2-1 (pen 2-3)	San Salvador F.C.

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December 15, 2002

C.D. FAS	3-0	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Final

December 22, 2002

C.D. FAS	3-1	San Salvador F.C.
Williams Reyes   6',   15' (pen.) &   51'		Orlando Garcés   5'

Estadio Cuscatlán

C.D. FAS GK 1   Luis Castro RB 2   Víctor Velásquez CB 31   Marvin González CB 13   Daniel Sagastizado   54' LB 3   William Osorio DM 21   Ernesto Góchez   74' RM 8   Jorge "Zarco" Rodríguez LM 20   Gilberto Murgas   44' AM 22   Alfredo Pacheco   40' CF 7   Williams Reyes   85' CF 11   Alejandro Bentos   90' Substitutes: DF 10   Cristian Álvarez   54' MF 10   Carlos Menjívar   74' FW 10   Juan Carlos López   85' Manager:   Agustín Castillo

San Salvador F.C.: GK 1   Álvaro Misael Alfaro RB 3   William Torres   30' CB 23   Mario Mayén Meza CB 4   Orlando Garcés LB 21   Nelson Flores   75' DM 14   Carlos Gómez Navas   59' RM 10   Rodrigo Lagos   46' CM 8   Dennis Alas   59' LM 6   Emiliano Pedrozo SS 7   Alexander Obregón CF 5   Franklin Webster Substitutes: DF 17   Julio Rivas   46' MF 16   Víctor Merino Dubón   59' MF 16   José Marroquín   75'   75' Manager:   Rubén Alonso

Primera División Apertura 2002 champions
C.D. FAS 13th title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2002. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
2. have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

C.D. Águila   Alexandre Pinto Larangueira   Severino Piñeiro   Alexander Prediguer   Toninho Dos Santos   Sandro Machado Tavares     Mauro Nunez   Darío Larrosa Alianza F.C.   Martín Claudio Sosa   Marcelino Renterí   Hermes Martínez Misal   Martin Garcia Atletico Balboa   Alessandro Rodríguez   Luis Carlos Asprilla   Santiago Rodríguez Silva   Ernesto Noel Aquino   Jair Camero Arcense   John Polo   Edilson Chávez   Libardo Carvajal   Christian Mitri   German Rodríguez Dragon   José Caicedo   Luis Marines   Andrés Molina   Eduardo Arriola   Óscar Lagos   (player released mid season)   (player Injured mid season)   Injury replacement player

C.D. FAS   Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos   Williams Reyes   Rolando Corella   Víctor Hugo Mafla   C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo   Juan Carlos Graf   Norman García   Frank Rengifo   Henry Sevillano   Max Torres   Juan Pablo Chacón A.D. Isidro Metapán   Cristian Javier Zamudio   Diego Alvarez   Diego Oyarbide   Luciano Suárez     Alonso Alcibar     Anderson Batista   Jorge Wagner Municipal Limeno   Paulo César Rodrigues   Raul Falero   Jorge Sandoval   Hugo Viveros San Salvador F.C.   Rodrigo Lagos   Emiliano Pedrozo   Alexander Obregon   Orlando Garces   Franklin Webster

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